Pattern and method of making the same



A. A. MEYER.

PATTERN AND METHOD 0F MAKING THE SAME.

AFPHCATION- FILED MAY 24, 1922.

LQSALQ. Panted Nov. 7, T1922.

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t ,ADLE A. MEYER, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

l PATTERN AND METHOD DF MAKING THE SAME...

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To all/whom; t may concern Beit known that l, Anonr A. Merian, a citizenof the United States, andv a resident of the city of New York, boroughof Man#a hattan, in the county and State of New of such material as furcan readily and much` more eiiectivel, visualize the harmony andarrangement oi the various parts of the garment as the pattern preparedlin accordance with my method is draped on a model.

Another object resides in the particular construction and arrangement ofparts which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in theaccompanying drawings.

The invention is schematically illustrated 'in the drawings, of whichFigure l is a view of one form of pattern.

Figure 2 is a view of a model `draped with a pattern which has beenprepared to simulate as closely as possible the harmony, color andarrangement of the finished garment.

ln the garment industry, and especially in making garments of costlymaterial such as fur, it is impossible for the artist to easilyvisualize on a model which has been draped with the ordinary pattern,the edect of the linished garment. @n the other hand, it is impossibleto cut up costly material until it isA absolutely determined just how itshould be cut, without wasting considerable material. 'lo avoid thiswaste, ll have evolved m pattern and method of making the same wherebythe artist can know substantially accurately in advance just whatcutting to make.

ln order to bring about this result, l take any material suitable toform a pattern, such as paper, cloth, or any other desired substance,and treat it in any manner, such as by any well known printing process,so that one or both of its surfaces is prepared with the appearance ofthe material of which the nished garment is made. For instance, it thegarment is (to made of a particular kind of fur, l take my patternmaterial and have it treated or printed so that one or ,both oi rezavserial no. reame.'

this kind of fur. Then when the pattern,

such as that,shown in Fig. l, is' cut in ac gordance with any desiredpattern form and draped on the model, the eHect on the eye ot' theartist is immensely improved so that without any dihcultylhe can at onceperceive the propriety of the harmony and arrangement of the parts.rl`his is especially true 1f the garment to be made has more thanonecolor in it. lln other words, pattern, material treated so as to havevarious appearances and different colors can be prepared 1n advance andparts of any desired pattern cut therefrom. For instance, if the garmentis to made of `iur and the body portion is to made of one shade of brownfur and the collar portion of another shade of brown fur, the patternfor the collar can be cut from the pattern material simulating the brownfur and the pattern for the body portion of the garment can be cut frompattern material formed in the other shade of brown. 'lhese when drapedon the modelwill substantially accurately simulate the appearance oftheinished garment. The artist can then adjust the pattern until theproper lit is obtained and .thereby know exactly what the nished garmentis going to look like -without cutting a. single inch of the expensivematerial.

ln general, therefore, it will be preceived that ll have provided asimple and highly e'licient pattern and method of making the same forassisting an artist to visualize and form a pattern or model of agarment of very expensive material without any waste whatsoeverexcepting that absolutely unavoidable in the cutting-of the garment. Bythis procedure ll, therefore, not only save time, labor and material,but also make it possible for much more harmonious and finished productsto be produced,v because the artist is enabled to lniow in advance justexactly what the finished garment is going lill@ 3. As an new article ofmanufacture, a pattern of a fur garment, the parts of thepattern beingtreated so that when dra ed on the model the surfaces of the parts of te pattern have the appearance of the material of which the correspondingparts of the finished garment are made. v

4. The method of preparing garments of expensive material, whichcomprises treating a pattern material so that its surface simulates theap earance of the material of which the finishe garment is to be made,cutting said material into a pattern, and then draping the pattern onthe model or form Whereby the appearance ofthe pattern on the formsubstantlall exactl simulates the appearance and eiiect of t e finishedgarment.-

pieces some or all of which arey formed from a sheet of inexpensivematerial having a surface thereof prepared to simulate the appearance ofthe expensive material whereby when the attern pieces are assembled areplica of t e finished garment to be made is produced.

ADOLF A. MEYER.

